Casket-truck.



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'GASKET TRUCK. APPLICATION PILBD'JNE a, 190s.

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Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

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UNITEB PATENT OFFIE.

CHARLES H. LANNERT, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THIE CHAMPION CHEh'IICAL COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GASKET-TRUCK@ Application led June 8, 1908.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns H. LANNERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the count-y of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Casket-Trucks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to casket trucks, and the object of the same is to provide a double folding truck which can be folded into a small, compact body and which, when in its extended position, all be well braced and will be of a strong, durable construction; and further, to provide such a truck which will be neat and ornamental in appearance.

Vith these objects in view my invention consists in certain combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter to be described, and then more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a truck in its extended position; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the truck partially folded; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the truck in its extended position; Fig. 4- is a similar view partially folded; Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of one of the standards, and Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the plate carried by the slidable portions of the standards.

In these drawings I have shown my invention as embodied in a six-wheeled truck, which truck comprises three pairs of vertically arranged standards l which are provided at their lower ends with the usual caster wheels 2, the diameter of the casters on the central pair of standards being preferably greater than the diameter of those on the end pairs of standards, and the caster wheels on the end pairs of standards are preferably swiveled, thus enabling the truck to be readily guided. The standards l are extensible and each preferably comprises a body or stationary portion 3, which, in the present instance, consists of a section of angle iron having a guide-block 4 secured near the upper end thereof and provided with a longitudinal aperture 5 within which is slidably mounted the slidable portion of the standard, which preferably comprises a rod 6 having secured to its upper end, by means 55 of a screw 7, a plate 8 having on two of its Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Serial No. 437,283.

Isides depending lugs 9 adapted to extend over the adjacent sides of the body portion of the standard when the standard is in its contracted position.

The standards of each pair are connected one to the other in such a manner as to permit the same to be moved toward and away from each other. In the present instance, this connection is formed by means of an arrangement of toggle links. The upper ends of the extensible portions of the standards of each pair are connected to each other by means of a toggle link l0 having its ends pivotally connected to the depending lugs 9 of the plate 8 carried by the adjacent standard.

rlhe length of the toggle link is somewhat greater than the distance between the standards when the truck is in its extended position, and, consequently, the center, or the pivotal point, of the toggle link is depressed some distance below the upper ends of the standards when in either their extended or contracted position. The lower ends of the body or stationary portions of the standards are also connected one to the other by means of a toggle link 11 which has its ends pivotally connected to the sides of the body portions ofthe standards and is also of a length greater than the greatest distance between the standards and is so arranged that its center or pivotal point is at all times above the lower ends of the standards. rihe horizontal toggle links 10 and il, which connect the upper and lower ends, respectively, of the standards, are connected one to the other by means of vertically arranged toggle links l2 and I3, each of which is connected on the opposite sides of its pivotal center to each of the first-mentioned toggle links l() and 1]. The vertically arranged toggle links are connected to the horizontal toggle links atpoints removed from their outer ends and have their outer ends pivotally connected one to the other, as shown at 14, thus uniting the two vertically arranged toggle links and forming a quadrangular frame which connects the toggle links 10 and l1 one to the other.

The several pairs of standards are connected one to the other by means of intersecting bars 15 extending between those standards of the several pairs which are on the same side of the truck. The bars 15 are pivotally connected at their upper ends to the lugs 9 of the plate 8, carried by the slidable member of the standard, and at their lower ends are pivl otally connected to the stationary or body portion of the standard by means of a clip 17 secured thereon and extending outwardly therefrom. These bars are also preferably pivotallv connected one to the other at their points of intersection, as shown at 16. The central standard is arranged slightly diiierent from the corner standards and has its side portions extending diagonally of the truck. The plate 8, which is carried by the slidable portion of each of the central standards is also of a slightly different construction from those of the end standards. In this instance, the downwardly extending lugs 9 are arranged to engage the inner sides of the guide block 4 and are provided with outwardly extending a ertured lips 18, to which the upper ends of t 1e adjacent bars 15 are pivotally connected, while the lower ends of said bars are pivotally connected to the fixed clips.

The operation of .he device will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that when the truck is folded in one direction the standards will be extended and that this extension of the standards will cause the truck to fold in the other direction also further, it will be apparent that I provided an improved means for connecting the standards of each pair one to the other,which means is such as to afford a strong, durable connection which will be so arranged as to render the truck rigid. Further, it will be apparent that I have provided an extensible standard which is simple in its construction and correspondingly cheap to manufacture, and, at the same time, strong and durable, and that I have provided this extensible standard with means for securing the connecting bars thereto and have so arranged this means that it serves also to brace the several standards.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious modiications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus 'fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is :d

1. A foldable truck of the character described comprising a plurality of pairs of extensible standards, a pair of links connecting the upper ends of the standards of each pair, a second pair of links connecting the lower ends of the standards of each pair, the links of each pair being pivotally connected one to the other at their inner ends and pivotally connected to the respective standards at their outer ends, the length of the links of each pair being such that when said truck is in its extended position the inner ends of the links oi the upper pair will lie in a plane beneath the outer ends of said links, and the inner ends of the links of the lower pair will lie in a plane above the plane of the outer ends of said links, and the length of the links ol both pairs being so related one to the other that the inner ends of rsaid links will occupy a substantially fixed relation one to the other throughout the adjustment of said truck, means for connecting one pair or" said links to the other pair thereof, and means for connecting the adjacent standards of the several pairs oi standards one to the other.

2. A truck or" the character described comprising a plurality of pairs of standards, each standard comprising a body portion, a portion slidably mounted on said body portion, toggle links connecting the slidable portions links connecting the body portions of the standards of each pair, vertically extensible means connecting said toggle links one to the other, and means for connecting the adjacent standards of the several pairs one to the tion slidably mounted on saic body portion;

toggle links connecting the slidable portions of the standards of each pair, other toggle links connecting the body portions of the standards of each pair, vertically extensible means connecting said toggle links one to the other, and intersecting bars each having its upper end pivotally connected to the slidable portion of a standard of one of said pairs of standards and its lower end ivotally connected to the body portion olP the adjacent standard of another of said pairs of standards.

4. A truck of the character described comprising a plurality of pairs of standards, each oi said standards comprising a body portion,

and a portion slidably mounted on said bodyV portion, horizontally arranged toggle links connecting the slidable portions of the standards of each air, other horizontally arranged toggle lin rs connecting the body portions of the standards of each pair, a vertically arranged toggle link connecting said horizontally arranged toggle links one to the other, and intersecting bars connecting the standards of the several pairs one to the other, each of said bars having its upper end pivotally connected to the slidable portion oi' a standard of one of said pairs of standards and having its lower end pivotally connected to the body portion oi the adjacent standard or another of said pairs of standards.

5. A truck of the character described com prising a plurality of pairs of standards, each comprising a body portion, and a portion slidably mounted on said body portion, horizontally arranged toggle links connecting the body portions and slidable portions, respectively, of each pair of said standards one to the other, and vertically arranged toggle links each connected to each of said horizontally arranged toggle links and havof the standards of each pair, other toggleSO ing their ends extending beyond said liori Zontally arranged toggle links and pivotally connected one to the other, and intersecting bars connecting the adjacent standards of the several pairs of standards one to the other.

6i A truck of the character described coinprising a plurality of standards, each consisting of a body portion` a portion slidably mounted in said body portion, a plate secured to the upper end of said slidable portion, depending lugs carried by said plate adapted to extend along the sides of said body portion, and extensible nieans for connecting 'r L said standards one to the other.

7. A truck oi the character described cornprising a plurality of standards each cornprising a body portion, a slidable ortion mounted in said body portion, a p ate secured to the upper end of said slidable portion, depending portions carried by said plate adapted to engage said body portion, extensible ineans for connecting said standards one to the other, and means for connecting said extensible means to depending portions carried by said plate.

In testimony whereof, l aiiix my signature in presence oi' two witnesses.

CHARLES H. LANNERT. fitnesses ELZA F. MGKEE, EDWARD L. REED. 

